On Thursday night, 11th April, a section of the foot-over bridge in Sector 8 of Vashi collapsed. Two bothers, Sujil Pal and Surendra Pal were injured in the accident.
Amongst the two, Surendra is in a very critical condition with a swollen liver and injuries in the chest is now being shifted to the Fortis Hospital. Corporator Divya Gaikwad told the Mid-Day that she has been sending reminders to the NMMC for a structural audit of all bridges in Vashi but did not receive any responses.
She mentioned that “I submitted letters to the commissioner and the mayor to add “bridge repairs” as a new head in the budget but no one has bothered to listen. This budget meeting, I asked officials why we were not repairing the bridges, particularly the ones in bad shape but received no answers. It seems they were waiting for an incident like this to happen.”
While, NMMC spokesperson said, “We will conduct an internal inquiry and hand over the report to the police soon.” After this incident, an FIR has been filed against the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation by the police.
